Wisconsin's 1st Senate district
The 1st Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate.[2] Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Door and Kewaunee counties, as well as most of northern Manitowoc County, much of south and east Brown County, northern Calumet County, and part of southwest Outagamie County. It includes the city of Two Rivers, most of the city of De Pere, and parts of the cities of Appleton and Menasha. The district does not contain, but is adjacent to, the Green Bay area.[3]
Wisconsin's 1st State Senate district | |||||
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Demographics | 89.4% White 1.4% Black 4.1% Hispanic 2.2% Asian 1.7% Native American 0.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1.0% Other | ||||
Population (2020) • Voting age | 178,936[1] 139,660 | ||||
Notes | Door Peninsula and northeast Wisconsin |
Current elected officials
André Jacque is the senator representing the 1st district. He was first elected in the 2018 general election,[4] after losing an earlier bid for the seat in a June 2018 special election.[5] He previously served 8 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 2nd Assembly district.[6]
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 1st Senate district comprises the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:
- Assembly District 1: Joel Kitchens (R–Sturgeon Bay)
- Assembly District 2: Shae Sortwell (R–Two Rivers)
- Assembly District 3: Ron Tusler (R–Appleton)
The district is located within Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher.[7][8]
Past senators
Note: the boundaries of districts have changed over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district have represented a different geographic area, due to redistricting.
At Wisconsin statehood, the Senate had only 19 districts. The 1st District consisted of Brown, Calumet, Manitowoc and Sheboygan counties.[9]
For the 1853 session, the Senate was expanded to 25 members, and the 1st District lost Brown County.
For the 1857 session, the Senate was again expanded, to 30 members, and the District was reduced to Sheboygan County alone (the rest of the district became the new 19th District).
As of 1862, the Senate expanded to 33 seats, a size it would retain well into the 21st century; the 1st District remained unchanged.
The Senate was totally redistricted in 1876; Sheboygan County was now part of the 20th Senate District (along with part of Fond du Lac County). The new 1st District was made up of Door Kewaunee, Oconto and Shawano counties, which had previously been part of the 2nd and 8th Districts.
Kewaunee and Shawano counties were removed from the district in 1888. Kewaunee was later re-added and Oconto removed in 1892—this district remained consistent for thirty years.
In 1922, the district moved to roughly its present boundaries when Marinette was removed and Manitowoc county was re-added. This district was stable for fifty years.
From 1972 to 2012 the district has been edited 6 times adding and removing small portions of Brown, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, and Outagamie counties.
Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition |
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District created | 1848 | ||||
Harrison C. Hobart | Dem. | 1st | |||
Lemuel Goodell | Dem. | 2nd | 1849 | ||
3rd | 1850 | ||||
Theodore Conkey | Dem. | 4th | 1851 | ||
5th | 1852 | ||||
Horatio N. Smith | Dem. | 6th | 1853 | ||
7th | 1854 | ||||
David Taylor | Rep. | 8th | 1855 | ||
9th | 1856 | ||||
Elijah Fox Cook | Dem. | 10th | 1857 | Sheboygan County | |
11th | 1858 | ||||
Robert H. Hotchkiss | Dem. | 12th | 1859 | ||
13th | 1860 | ||||
Luther H. Cary | Rep. | 14th | 1861 | ||
15th | 1862 | ||||
John E. Thomas | Dem. | 16th | 1863 | ||
17th | 1864 | ||||
John A. Bentley | Natl. Union | 18th | 1865 | ||
19th | 1866 | ||||
Van Eps Young | Natl. Union | 20th | 1867 | ||
Robert H. Hotchkiss | Dem. | 21st | 1868 | ||
David Taylor | Rep. | 22nd | 1869 | ||
23rd | 1870 | ||||
John H. Jones | Rep. | 24th | 1871 | ||
25th | 1872 | ||||
Patrick H. O'Rourk | Dem. | 26th | 1873 | ||
27th | 1874 | ||||
Enos Eastman | Dem. | 28th | 1875 | ||
29th | 1876 | ||||
George Grimmer | Rep. | 30th | 1877 | ||
31st | 1878 | ||||
32nd | 1879 | ||||
33rd | 1880 | ||||
William A. Ellis | Rep. | 34th | 1881 | ||
35th | 1882 | ||||
Edward S. Minor | Rep. | Later became a Congressman. | 36th | 1883–1884 | |
37th | 1885–1886 | ||||
Edward Scofield | Rep. | Later became Governor. | 38th | 1887–1888 | |
39th | 1889–1890 | ||||
John Fetzer | Dem. | 40th | 1891–1892 | ||
41st | 1893–1894 | Door, Kewaunee, and Marinette counties | |||
De Wayne Stebbins | Rep. | 42nd | 1895–1896 | ||
43rd | 1897–1898 | ||||
44th | 1899–1900 | ||||
45th | 1901–1902 | ||||
Harlan P. Bird | Rep. | 46th | 1903–1904 | ||
47th | 1905–1906 | ||||
48th | 1907–1908 | ||||
49th | 1909–1910 | ||||
M. W. Perry | Rep. | 50th | 1911–1912 | ||
51st | 1913–1914 | ||||
52nd | 1915–1916 | ||||
53rd | 1917–1918 | ||||
Herbert Peterson | Rep. | 54th | 1919–1920 | ||
55th | 1921–1922 | ||||
John E. Cashman | Rep. | 56th | 1923–1924 | Door, Kewaunee, and Manitowoc counties | |
57th | 1925–1926 | ||||
58th | 1927–1928 | ||||
59th | 1929–1930 | ||||
60th | 1931–1932 | ||||
61st | 1933–1934 | ||||
Prog. | 62nd | 1935–1936 | |||
63rd | 1937–1938 | ||||
Francis A. Yindra | Dem. | 64th | 1939–1940 | ||
John E. Cashman | Prog. | Died Jun. 1946. | 65th | 1941–1942 | |
66th | 1943–1944 | ||||
67th | 1945–1946 | ||||
Everett F. LaFond | Rep. | 68th | 1947–1948 | ||
69th | 1949–1950 | ||||
70th | 1951–1952 | ||||
71st | 1953–1954 | ||||
Alfred A. Laun Jr. | Rep. | 72nd | 1955–1956 | ||
73rd | 1957–1958 | ||||
74th | 1959–1960 | ||||
75th | 1961–1962 | ||||
Alex Meunier | Rep. | 76th | 1963–1964 | ||
77th | 1965–1966 | ||||
78th | 1967–1968 | ||||
79th | 1969–1970 | ||||
Jerome Martin | Dem. | Died Jan. 1977. | 80th | 1971–1972 | |
81st | 1973–1974 | ||||
82nd | 1975–1976 | ||||
Alan Lasee | Rep. | Won 1977 special election. Re-elected 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006. Retired 2010. |
83rd | 1977–1978 | |
84th | 1979–1980 | ||||
85th | 1981–1982 | ||||
86th | 1983–1984 |
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87th | 1985–1986 | Door and Kewaunee counties, and Eastern Brown County Most of Calumet County
part of Fond du Lac County
Northern Manitowoc County
part of Outagamie County | |||
88th | 1987–1988 | ||||
89th | 1989–1990 | ||||
90th | 1991–1992 | ||||
91st | 1993–1994 | Door and Kewaunee counties, and Eastern Brown County Most of Calumet County
part of Fond du Lac County
Northern Manitowoc County
part of Outagamie County
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92nd | 1995–1996 | ||||
93rd | 1997–1998 | ||||
94th | 1999–2000 | ||||
95th | 2001–2002 | ||||
96th | 2003–2004 | Door and Kewaunee counties, Eastern Brown County
Northern Calumet County Northern Manitowoc County
part of Outagamie County
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97th | 2005–2006 | ||||
98th | 2007–2008 | ||||
99th | 2009–2010 | ||||
Frank Lasee | Rep. | Elected 2010. Re-elected 2014. Defeated in 2016 congressional primary. Appointed Secretary of Workforce Development December 2017. |
100th | 2011–2012 | |
101st | 2013–2014 | Eastern Brown County
Northern Calumet County Northern Manitowoc County
part of Outagamie County
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102nd | 2015–2016 | ||||
103rd | 2017–2018 | ||||
Caleb Frostman | Dem. | Won 2018 special election. | |||
André Jacque | Rep. | Elected 2018. Re-elected 2022. |
104th | 2019–2020 | |
105th | 2021–2022 | ||||
106th | 2023–2024 | northeast Manitowoc County eastern and southern Brown County northern Calumet County part of Outagamie County |
See also
Notes
- "LTSB Open Data: Wisconsin Senate Districts (2022)". Wisconsin Legislative Technology Services Bureau. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- "Senate District 1". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 1 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
- Welter, Liz (November 7, 2018). "Andre Jacque wins Senate District 1 seat". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
- Anderson, Jonathan; Welter, Liz (June 12, 2018). "Caleb Frostman defeats André Jacque in 1st Senate District special election/". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
- "Senator André Jacque". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- Gallagher Website
- Congressional District Map
- The legislative manual, of the state of Wisconsin; comprising Jefferson's manual, rules, forms and laws, for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference Eighth Annual Edition. Madison: Atwood and Rublee, State Printers, 1869; p. 43